Light trails step by step – steps 16-18

16 Add interactive lighting

Click on the Background layer. Choose Layer> New Adjustment Layer>Hue/Saturation. Tick Colorize. Set Hue to 12 and Saturation to 34. Click on the adjustment layer’s white mask and press Ctrl/Cmd+I. Spray a white soft brush tip on the mask to reveal some of the adjustment layer’s orange tint.

Set the Lens Flare layer’s blending mode to Overlay. This hides all the grey pixels but leaves the flare visible. Grab the Move tool and drag the flare so that it overlaps the light trail. This blending mode causes the light trails to randomly change brightness and vibrance and look more realistic.